Synonyms for self-interest
self-in·ter·est

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1. opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking, expediencenoun

   taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

   Synonyms:
   expediency, self-concern, self-seeking, expedience, egoism, self-centeredness, opportunism, egocentrism

2. egoism, egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, self-centerednessnoun

   concern for your own interests and welfare

   Synonyms:
   self-concern, self-seeking, expedience, egoism, self-centeredness, opportunism, egocentrism

Matched Categories

1. • Selfishness
   • Trait

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1. List of paraphrases for "self-interest":

   selfishness, egoism, egotism, interest

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1. POET MD HEDAETUL ISLAM:

   People can be very low for self-interest, Man can do many things for self-interest. Poet Md. Hedaetul Islam

2. Li Shuo:

   However, more ambitious actions are needed, it is in China’s self-interest to announce and implement further plans ahead of COP26.

3. Andrew Giuliani:

   I will be down there next week for a two to three-day swing where we'll be meeting with donors, interviewing potential staff and speaking to the former President, from a self-interest standpoint, I want the President to be as involved as he wants to be, but I would still advise him to keep his powder dry and not make a decision on who to support until we get to the fall or next winter.

4. Catherine The Great:

   Self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

5. Adam Smith:

   It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own neccessities but of their advantages.